15-30 minutes Pairs or small groups Remember words and phrases and dictate them to your partner
Use pictures for children who can’t spell and have them draw the picture instead of writing the words
Use multiple sentences for more advanced…
5-10 minutes 14702 Learn colors by hitting balloons to each other
Have balloon colors represent different vocabulary words
Have balloon colors represent sentences for more advanced classes
Blow up balloons of different colors
Send 4 or 5 balloons into class…
10-15 minutes Groups of 2-3 Review dialogs by having students dictate to each other Have groups of 3 with one ‘runner’ who relays between reader and writer
Select a dialogue/short story from the lesson
Have each student work with a…
10-20 minutes Any Form questions and identify a person or thing
This game can be played as ‘Guess What’, in which case students are playing to identify an object, animal, etc
It is often good to start with an object…
5-10 minutes Any Learn and practice body parts by drawing monsters
Let students take the drawings home for coloring
Have students explain their pictures with other students
Make sure each student has a piece of paper/notebook
Ask one student a…
20-25 minutes At least 6 Review class material by playing bingo style trivia
Use different categories for ‘W’ and ‘Q’
Use more than 2 categories
For large classes, have one person in each group be the leader and give them…
10 minutes Groups of 3-5 Review vocabulary/grammar structures with dice and flashcards
Have more advanced students say a full sentence using the structure or vocabulary indicated on the flashcard
Make a dialog with 6 lines and have flashcards represent lines…
10 minutes Groups of 5-7 Practice spelling vocabulary words and blow a paper fish around the room
Have students start on the other side of the room away from the board and WALK to the board before spelling
This will…
